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2-60 Getting Started With SHARC Processors
• 14-pin JTAG connector
• 3-meter USB cable for difficult to reach targets
Selecting the Right Combination of Tools
Knowing which tools to use is critical to ensuring a quick development
cycle. There are many options for software and hardware development
tools. Two of the most common scenarios described in this section con-
tain circumstances encountered by other developers along with
recommended solutions. Your needs may be similar to one of the follow-
ing scenarios.
Scenario 1
Question. We are a small design house with one software engineer and one
hardware engineer for this project. We cannot afford a substantial initial
investment in tools. What do you recommend?
Answer. Purchase a SHARC EZ-KIT Lite evaluation system (for example,
p/n: ADZS-21364-EZLITE).
This hardware platform allows you to begin software development.
By interfacing components to the board’s expansion headers, the platform
can serve as the basis for a hardware prototype. The EZ-KIT Lite
evaluation system includes VisualDSP++, but the software license restricts
various capabilities (debug agent connectivity only and reduced program
size allowance).
Obtain a TestDrive serial number on the Analog Devices Web site at:
http://www.analog.com/processors/tools/testdrive
When the TestDrive license expires, consider purchasing a full seat of
VisualDSP++ (p/n: VDSP-SHARC-PC-FULL).